Matteo95

Hi Congrats for your acquisiton I really like it . I think that the monneyer is Swedman , the S and EDMA are quite clear , rare for this type of coins . Matteo

Hi Serge when you ask an id. You should write also the weights and diameters because there are coins like groats and halfgroats that are identical .... The n1 could be a Edward III groat of the Pre- Treaty period mint of York , Spink 1572 N2 is similar but mint of London ( in this condition I can't understand wich class ) N3 is probably an Edward III farthing , London mint , Spink 1562 and Finally N4 is an Edward I penny class 10cf 1 I think .

Thanks Paulus , Do you collect a coin for every king ?

Hi all !! I am very happy and proud to share you my new acquisiton . I've bought it today at a numismatic fair. It's a quite common ( but rare here in Italy ) Henry VII groat , class IIICi ( I used the Stewartby's work for the classification ) . What impressed me is the condition of this coin. Do you like it too ?

The North are excellent books .. a serious numismatist must have it on his library. I can reccomand also " English coins 1180 - 1551 " by Lord Stewartby that give you also a lot of interesting historical details. Then there are specific works that covers only a particular type of coins or a single mint , like the Robin Eaglen's books on the Bury St. Edmund mint or the SCBI 39 ( the J.J. North collection ) that is dedicated to the Edward I an II coinage

a question about the lot 46 : it was described as Stewartby 1b1 but , being the crosses of type 1 , shouldn't it be a rarer 1a ??

I am not an expert in this coinage so I can give a judice about the originality of the coin. It could be a penny of Aethelwulf ( 839 - 855 ) or of his son Aethelberht ( 858 - 865/6 ) spink 1051 or 1053 for example , but of course we need the image of Reverse for a better idetification

Very nice !!

Hi Adam !! this is quite easy Henry III long cross penny London ( monnayer Nicole ) Class IIIb ref : Spink 1363 ; Stewartby IIIb page 106 . Matteo

Yes !! The mint is Riga ; like this for example ( different date ) http://m.ebay.com/itm/R-POLAND-LITHUANIA-RIGA-3-GROSH-GROSZ-GROSCHEN-SILVER-1596-SIGISMUND-III-VF-/281954960011?nav=SEARCH

The 96 lire is probably the commonest genoese gold coin , of course in high conservation the price becomes important. Inportant for this coin is buy the variety without star after the date. The last june bolaffi auction had a very important collection of genoese coins with great rarities I was in the saleroom . Congratulations for your doppia ! If I am not wrong it is from the Gadoury auction 2013 lot 537 ( I won the lot 417 in that auction )

very nice coin the ducato of Battista Campofregoso , it is not a particulary rare coin but the variant ( as your ) with the I I and AN in nesso is a little bit rarer then others .

Congratulations!!! Both in perfect condition and very rare . My curiosity : do you have also genoese coins ?

Edward I or II ... Difficult to say in this condition ; can you understand the first two letters of the mint name ? The first is C or E ?

Admit ! You struck it yesterday in your house .... wonderful coin ! Nothing to say ... Do you collect anglo-gallic coins ?

Great words !! This is what everybody who wants to start a coin collection should do

Yes I agree a very important auction . Just the 3 groats of Edward I make a collection great ! Do you know if I can request an hard-copy of the catalogue for free or I have to pay ? Because I think this is one of those you need to have on your library .

Done !!

Hi Ian ! This is what I found : this mint was for the first time established during the reign of Stephen and it was also active during the first issue of Henry II. Class 3 of the Long cross coinage where also struck. During the reign of Edward I where struck : pence , halfpence and Farthings of class 3e. The mint was reopened in the 1300 ca. And continued for the following 2 years ( pence class: 9b , 9c , 10x , 10ab1 , 10ab2 ) . This extended activity was perphaps connected with the Scottish campaigns for wich Newcastle had been used as the financial base. List of Newcastle's monneyers : Sthephen : - Ailf - Ioce - Willem/Wileln Henry II : - Willem Henry III : - Adam ( IIIa-c ) - Henri ( IIIa-c ) - Ion ( IIIa-c ) - Roger ( IIIa-c ) and here various Newcastle's name on coins : NEVCAS ; NEWCAS ; NEWECAS ; NEVECA ; EVEC ; VILL NOVI CASTRI Matteo

Hi Micheal and welcome !! First of all when you don't know if the coin is good you have to check the weight and diameter Matteo

nice penny !! I tried to see if this variety is reported on the SCBI 39 but nothing ... and honestly I don't think it could be considered as a punctuation mark

I bought it from this spanish bookshop but , I don't know if they still have an avaible copy ... http://libreriaaurea.com/es/6819-sylloge-of-coins-of-the-british-isles-vol-39-the-j-j-north-collection-north-j-j.html

This is amazing ! What a conservation ! Congrats Paulus

Hi all !! I was reading the chapter about the annulet issue of Henry VI's groats written by Stewartby and I discovered that the first groats of London and also Calais ( Class Ia or H ) were struck during last weeks of Henry V's reign .... The only difference between this class and Ib is the initial Cross ... I found an image of a groat of this type struck in London while I didn't for Calais .. Is there someone who has got one to compare with following classes ? thanks in advance Matteo

Maybe Spink ...